Portland Colliery [NTT]

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Bowman, William, 24 May 1865, aged 16, Collier, Fall of roof

Bradbury, James, 21 Feb 1899, (accident: 11 Oct 1898), aged 47, Stallman, Deceased received a slight injury in the mine on 11th October 1898. An inquest was held, and, after hearing the evidence of two medical men who had made a post mortem examination, the jury returned a verdict of "death due to natural causes" [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Clarke, Henry, 05 Jan 1906, aged 38, Labourer, He was clearing up slack from the sidings and was run over by some empty railway wagons and killed

Clarke, Robert, 11 Dec 1884, (accident: 14 Nov 1884), aged 47, Corporal, Injured Nov. 14 by a fall of roof

Davies, William, 05 Jun 1879, aged 32, Sinker, At work widening a old shaft when pudlocks broke and he fell to the bottom of the shaft [More information ...]

Dobbs, William Henry, 02 Oct 1906, (accident: 01 Sep 1906), aged 53, Dataller, Deceased was using a naked light, and clearing away a fall of roof at the entrance of an airway in a working stall, when some fire-damp was ignited at the naked light. He died 2nd October (Top hard coal)

Fletcher, James, 13 Jun 1872, aged 32, Collier, Fall of roof

Flint, William, 17 May 1872, aged 24, Collier, Explosion of gas

Frost, Thomas, 11 Aug 1905, (accident: 10 Aug 1905), aged 60, Dataller, Some tubs were unclipped from an endless rope and they ran over deceased who was walking along the roadway. He died the next day (Top hard coal seam)

Hargreaves, Arthur, 14 Sep 1904, aged 13, Horse-driver, Deceased was riding up an engine-plane when the tubs left the rails, and deceased being thrown off he was run over and killed (Top hard coal)

Hullott, Richard, 17 Aug 1855, Fall of coal in the mine

Kirk, Joseph, 18 Feb 1854, Fall of coal in the mine

Marriott, Henry, 05 Jun 1879, aged 22, Sinker, At work widening a old shaft when pudlocks broke and he fell to the bottom of the shaft [More information ...]

Mitchell, Henry, 09 Feb 1867, aged 14, Boy, Fell from carriage descending shaft

Nixon, Ernest Edward, 17 Sep 1906, (accident: 03 Sep 1906), aged 18, Horse-driver, Deceased received a slight injury in the mine on 3rd September, and the coroner's jury returned a verdict "That he died of tetanus, the result of an accident, probably caused while at play a week prior to the 3rd September" [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Sims, William, 01 Oct 1879, aged 50, Sinker, Slipped and fell from pit bottom into sump

Thorpe, Herbert, 10 Jan 1895, aged 14, Horse driver, He attempted to lower an empty tub down an inclined roadway by going in front. The tub overpowered the deceased and ran over him

Unknown, -, 17 Jan 1852, Breaking of a chain on an inclined plane

Wagstaff, William, 13 May 1867, aged 44, Collier, Fall of roof